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Alameda-Stone Cemetery, commonly called the National cemetery, was used as Tucson's first cemetery from about 1860 to 1875. It was the direct successor of the cemetery inside the Tucson Presidio. The City of Tucson closed the cemetery in 1875 in…

Alameda-Stone Cemetery, commonly called the National cemetery, was used as Tucson's first cemetery from about 1860 to 1875. It was the direct successor of the cemetery inside the Tucson Presidio. The City of Tucson closed the cemetery in 1875 in anticipation of the coming of the railroad and the sale of the cemetery land for residential and commercial uses. In 1881, the city directed that all burials be removed from the National Cemetery and re-interred at the Court Street Cemetery. However, many burials were not removed before the land was subdivided and developed. These volumes document the archaeological investigation of the area from 2006-2008 before construction of a new court building.

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    Title
    • Deathways and Lifeways in the American Southwest: Tucson's Historic Alameda-Stone Cemetery and the Transformation of a Remote Outpost Into an Urban City
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    Date Created
    2010-11
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    • XCPM 20.2:D 31
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    • Technical report (Statistical Research, Inc. (Redlands, Calif.)) ; 10-95--10-98
    • Contents: v. 1. Context and synthesis from the Joint Courts Complex archaeological project, Tucson, Arizona -- v. 2. The history, archaeology, and skeletal biology of the Alameda-Stone Cemetery -- v.3 History and archaeology of the Joint Courts Complex postcemetery period, 1875-2006 -- v. 4. Feature descriptions from the Joint Courts Complex archaeological project, Tucson, Arizona.

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